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Clutter suppression method in GPR using particle clustering

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In this paper, a novel clutter suppression method in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is proposed. Time segments of hill are represented by their corresponding particle in B-scan. Those particles in B-scan are clustered to represent reflectors (such as buried targets, air-soil interface). The clusters of buried target have a particle sequence with single peak. Therefore, if the particles donot belong to the cluster of buried target, time segment they represent will be suppressed. Experimental results and simulation are provided to demonstrate that the new algorithm outperforms existing approaches.

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  1. The Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100091, China

    Cewu Lu, Xiaojun Liu, Bo Zhao & Guangyou Fang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60501018).

Communication author: Lu Cewu, born in 1982, male.

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Lu, C., Liu, X., Zhao, B. et al. Clutter suppression method in GPR using particle clustering. J. Electron.(China) 26, 584–587 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-008-0060-5

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